Weekly Big Five Sightings 24 August – 30 August 2026

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Xidulu’s cub. Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Monday, 24 August 2026

(24°C)

  • One Ndzhenga male lion stationary on Track South.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile South on Leopard Drift.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile West from Safari Donga South.
  • One Nkuhuma lioness at the den site with three cubs West of Leadwood Road.

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

(28°C)

  • One Nkuhuma lioness at the den site with three cubs West of Leadwood Road.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile North in the Manyaleti.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile West from Sherley’s Open.
  • A pack of nine African wild dogs stationary Guarri Central.
  • Makhomsava, the female leopard mobile East along the drainage line North of Mfezi Open.

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

(22°C)

  • One female cheetah stationary on top of a termite mound North East of Xidulu Xinzele junction.

Ndzhenga, male lion drinking. Photo by Jordan Delvecchio

Thursday, 27 August 2026

(23°C)

  • A pack of seven African wild dogs playing around Buff Pan.
  • One Ndzhenga male lion stationary South of Seepline East.
  • Langa, the female leopard and her cub mobile North in the drainage line West of Pump Track.
  • One of Xidulu, the female leopard’s cub stationary in a pushed over Marula tree North of Zebra Drive on MMM North.

Friday, 28 August 2026

(22°C)

  • Xidulu, the female leopard stationary on Safari Simbambili Cutline East of Southern Fork.
  • Three Cape buffalo bulls stationary North of Mutzenzeleke.
  • A breeding herd of ten African elephants mobile West from 2nd
  • One Ndzhenga male lion stationary West of Tamboti Arathusa Main Road.

Saturday, 29 August 2026

(25°C)

  • Kambula breakaway pride of lions consisting of two lioness and four sub adults stationary on Kudu Drift North of Arathusa Main Road.
  • A breeding heard of approximately 300 Cape buffalo feeding at Serengeti Open.
  • One Nkuhuma lioness with three cubs at the den site North West of Leadwood Road.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard mobile South from Zebra Drive.
  • A breeding herd of approximately 20 African elephants feeding South along KBR.

Tiyani, the female leopard. Photo by Garrick Myburgh

Sunday, 30 August 2026

(29°C)

  • A breeding herd of 15 African elephants feeding at Marula Belt 4 Way North.
  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile North on the Eastern side of Arathusa Airstrip.

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